GRE Word List
EMISSARY
one designated as the agent of another : representative
The meaning of the word emissary is one designated as the agent of another : representative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |